I own a gravel lot next to a small wedding venue. Back in August their manager asked if they could use it for one Saturday because their parking area was flooded. I agreed through text, specifically for that event.

This weekend I came home to probably 30 cars parked there and an actual parking attendant directing people onto my property.

Called the venue and found out they've been including my lot in the parking instructions they send to couples. Apparently they have weddings booked through December and have already promised those people extra parking.

The manager told me I can't just close off the lot without giving them reasonable notice because people have made arrangements based on that parking being available.

We never had any agreement beyond that one Saturday. I haven't received a cent from them either.

Can I legally put up a chain and stop access immediately? And if someone gets injured while parking there, could I be held responsible even though I never authorized any of this?

Location: Kentucky

Location: Tennessee

I left my job at a dental office a few months ago. While working there I recorded some phone menu messages and a couple training clips.

Last week a former coworker sent me a recording of their new automated calling system. It's literally my voice, except it's saying things I never recorded, including appointment confirmations and payment reminders.

I contacted the owner and he admitted they used my old recordings to generate an AI version of my voice. His argument is that the recordings were made during work hours so the business owns them.

I never signed anything agreeing to have my voice recreated or used after leaving. I don't really care about the original recordings, but having a fake version of me calling customers feels completely different.

Do I have any legal grounds to make them stop, or does the fact that they own the original recordings give them that right?

I work as a commercial installation technician in Pennsylvania. Last Tuesday, I was driving the company work van on the turnpike between job sites. A semi-truck in front of me kicked up a piece of shredded tire tread that smashed our passenger headlight and dented the front quarter panel. I pulled over, took photos, and called my supervisor immediately.

On Friday afternoon, the business owner called me into his office and handed me a printed form. He told me the commercial insurance deductible is fifteen hundred dollars. The form stated that I agreed to a three-hundred-dollar paycheck deduction for the next five pay periods to cover it.

I told him respectfully that this was an unavoidable road hazard while on the clock and that I was not signing away my wages for company fleet insurance. He got red in the face, snatched the paper back, and told me I was suspended. Then he said: "You dont get your direct deposit until this damage is resolved."

My paycheck of twenty-four hundred dollars was supposed to hit my bank account this morning and there is literally ZERO money there. I have rent due in three days. Can an employer legally hold earned wages hostage over commercial property damage in Pennsylvania? What is my fastest recourse before I get hit with eviction notices? Why is this even a thing?

Location: Pennsylvania.

location: California

I work at a small independent coffee shop. There are usually four or five of us on a shift, and we split the tips at the end of each week. Cash tips and credit card tips all go into the same pool.

Last week our tip payout was noticeably lower than usual. One of my coworkers asked about it and the manager showed us the spreadsheet.

There was a line that said "customer chargebacks" with $86 deducted.

Apparently two customers disputed their card transactions and the shop lost the money. Neither transaction involved a disputed tip, as far as we know. The $86 was just the total of the purchases.

When we asked why that was coming out of our tips, the manager said that when a customer doesn't pay, the loss has to come from somewhere. He also said it was completely legal because he wasn't touching our actual wages. Everyone still got their regular hourly pay.

I asked if that meant we'd be paying for customers who walked out without paying, too. He said it was basically the same thing and that this was going to be the policy from now on.

We now have the policy in writing because he sent a message to the staff group chat saying chargebacks will be deducted from the weekly tip pool before distribution.

I'm confused because I thought tips belonged to employees, even if the business has a bad week. And it's not like we can prevent someone from disputing a charge two weeks after buying their coffee.

Can the shop legally use tips from other customers to cover its credit card losses? If not, is this something we can file a wage claim over, even though our paychecks show the correct hourly wages?

Location: Oregon

I rent one unit in a small fourplex. My lease runs through next spring.

Yesterday a coworker sent me a Zillow listing and asked if I was moving. The entire building is apparently for sale.

When I opened the listing, there were about 25 photos of my apartment.

These are not old photos from before I moved in. My couch, family photos, computer setup, medication organizer on the kitchen counter, bedroom, closets and even the contents of an open bathroom cabinet are clearly visible. One photo shows a piece of mail on my desk where my full name can be read if you zoom in.

I had absolutely no idea anyone had entered.

I checked my texts, email, voicemail and the tenant portal. There was no notice of entry that I can find. I work outside the home, so this apparently happened while I was at work.

I contacted the landlord asking when the photos were taken and why I wasn't notified. He responded that the realtor was "authorized to access all units for marketing purposes" and that because the property is being sold, photography is part of the process. He did not answer my question about notice.

I asked for the interior photos of my unit to be removed from the public listing. He said he would "ask the realtor what can be done" but also said buyers need to see the condition of the units.

I understand that a landlord may need to show a property that is being sold. What I don't understand is whether that means someone can enter an occupied apartment without telling the tenant and publish detailed photographs of everything inside.

I've now taken screenshots of the whole listing and saved my messages with the landlord.

Is the lack of notice itself something I can take action over in Oregon? Separately, do I have any right to demand that photos showing my personal belongings and identifying information be taken off the public listing?

I'm not trying to interfere with the sale. I just would have liked the chance to put away medication, mail and personal photographs before the inside of my home was uploaded to the internet.

Location: Ohio, USA

This isn't me but my friend who doesn't Reddit. The house she is currently renting is being sold, and someone, presumably the realtor, put the standard key lockbox on the door for showings.

This realtor has brought people inside with no prior notice while my friend has been home, and today an unknown third party entered the house using the lockbox key without prior notice while she was at work; she has cameras that alert to movement which is how she knows it happens and has the footage. She contacted her landlord who told her to save everything, she also contacted the realtor and got no response.

She at a bare minimum wants to report the realtor to the organization he belongs to, however I was wondering if she has any reason to sit down with a lawyer and go over everything that has happened before she does this?

Location: California, USA. Please bear with me, I’m shaking because I feel totally sick to my stomach. Three weeks ago, I bought a used Civic from a franchise dealership. I signed a mountain of paperwork, put down $2,000 cash, and traded in my paid-off Mazda (they gave me $4,500 trade credit). The finance guy shook my hand, handed me copies of teh signed retail installment contract, and I drove off with temporary tags.

Yesterday, the dealership called me aggressively. The manager claimed the lender "refused to fund the contract" and demanded I come in within 48 hours to sign a new deal with a higher APR or return the car, threatening to "report the vehicle stolen." When I told him I’d just take my old Mazda back and cancel the deal, he scoffed and said they already wholesaled my trade-in last week.

how is this even legal? Can they actually report a car I hold a signed purchase contract for as stolen? If they disposed of my trade-in before the financing was actually finalized, what are my legal rights here? I can't afford a lawyer and I'm terrified of waking up to cops at my door.

Location: Oregon I’ve been at a new dental office for about a month. On my first day they asked me to not share my wage with anyone. I also not get an offer letter or any hiring forms about my wage or hours. Over the weekend I was trying to apply to an apartment but they were asking for an offer letter from my job stating hours and wage to show I qualified. I didn’t have this so today I was trying to get it. They didn’t seem to want to write one for me. So I asked if I just wrote it up would they sign it. They agreed. Then I made the dumb mistake of asking my coworker if it looked okay before I gave it to the manager to sign. It had my hourly wage on it. It didn’t occur til she already had it in her hand reading and it was too late. She didn’t say anything after but at the end of the day I guess she did after I had left. Because I get a call from the dentist pissed and trying to ask me yes or no did I tell her my wage. I was terrified and struggling to figure out how to respond. I wanted to lie. I didn’t know what to do. It was too late. I never actually told her verbally but she read it. I think I’m going to get fired tomorrow. Not like I even really want to work there anymore but I need the income. I’ve never had a job where wages werent allowed to be spoken about. And I hoped she had to make more than me. But I guess from what happened she doesn’t. I was already scared around the dentist. And the manager. They have short tempers and the littlest thing I’d do I would get snapped at. How they offered me the job was really weird too. Now I’m wondering. What’s the best way to go about this if they do/don’t fire me?

good morning folks 🫩.
Location: Ohio, court/police agency we’re dealing with is from Marysville.

My older brother got arrested last friday night over an alleged assault that happened in July of this year. He missed any type of notification of this happening due to an address change he did not report. Im sure that happens a lot, still his fault but, not my point here.

My brother is epileptic and has struggled with constant and sudden seizures for about 4 years now. I have been there a many of times when we had to call EMS, lift him while he’s limp and help EMS convince him to get into the ambulance while he’s confused before.

There is this phase he has after his seizure where, as best as i can describe, he is not his usual self. He’s not aggressive, but in a whole lot of pain. He will have trouble recognizing people he knows and, at his worst has been known to wander. But never has harmed anyone to my knowledge during this phase.

In July he had an unfortunate seizure happen inside of a Sheetz gas station while with two of his co-workers. The cops and EMS were called and the alleged assault happened as they attempted to restrain him. One of his co-workers took a video but it does not show the alleged assault happening. Only my brother calling out for help and attempting to move out of the grasp of the officer and two EMS workers who were actively holding him down.

In the video you can hear his co-workers trying to calm him down and repeatedly telling the officers he was having a seizure. The one officer did not reply or acknowledge them and proceeded to handcuff my brother and eventually struggle enough to put him in a chokehold, which only made him freak out more. Again, no assault can be seen on this phone recording. You can see my brother attempting to grab the officer’s wrist off his collarbone, but my brother was so out of it he wasn’t even looking at the men holding him down. It was clear it wasn’t registering to him what was happening. He repeatedly cried for help and looked to the people around him and pleaded with them. Before the chokehold there was even a moment where his coworkers told him our mother was coming for him and he went limp and complied.

The officer pressing charges on him says he head butted him and drew blood from his nose during the take down, which would be a Class 4 Felony. He is being charged with something that would ruin his life for an action that happened when he wasn’t fully conscious. In my understanding, the officer has to prove INTENT does he not?

He has had two seizures while detained and was put into solitary confinement due to the incidents. What legal grounds can we fight on here? He has a public defender we are meeting today. I would like to make a report against the officer and left a voicemail with the deputy on duty to give us a call back. We are under the understanding that we may still have to find a lawyer to help us, but any information i can use will be immensely appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

Location: Iowa, United States

This is kind of a ridiculous situation. I have a website that is in the format firstnamelastname dot com and includes my name, biography and photo. It also includes a couple hundred blog posts that rank highly on Google.

When I was moving countries, the domain and hosting didn't renew since it was attached to my old credit card that got closed. By the time I had realized, someone had bought the domain. The annoying thing is they copied all of my content to their hosting, and removed all references to my email address. They also removed a couple posts that were linked elsewhere (e.g. on my LinkedIn) to prevent me from proving authorship. I have a Wayback Machine of the "about" page listing my email before they removed it, but that's about it.

My attempt to get the site delisted on Google is failing because they won't accept proof the content is mine, and the content doesn't exist anywhere else. Even though my photo is still on the site! It appears the domain is registered overseas according to WHOIS and uses Cloudflare as a CDN, so I've submitted an abuse report to them.

Legal Question(s): How do I assert copyright on my photo or other content I wrote?

I will start by saying, I don't know how to use reddit but I listen to Two Hot Takes and have seen how helpful this platform can be, so I am shooting my shot.

Location: Utah

Setting the scene: Grandma in her 90s. Grandma had 3 children. Oldest: Aunt Wonderful. Middle: My Dad. Youngest: Aunt Snake.

Several months ago, my dad went to get Grandma her usual groceries. This was the norm and Dad always paid with Grandma's debit card. Grandma should have had a bunch of money.

Grandpa died in 2008, left Grandma set up to live out the rest of her life comfortably. With her income and outgoing bills, she should have been saving about $1000+ monthly, give or take life's expenses coming up. Basically, Grandma should have had some dough saved up. Lots of it.

However, on this fateful grocery trip of normal groceries at inflated prices, her card declined. Dad thought it was just technology being dumb, paid for Grandmas groceries himself and figured he would withdraw some of Grandma's money later to pay himself back and life would go on as normal.

When he went to do just that, the account was empty. He hadn't looked at Grandma's bank account for a very long time because there was no reason to. Grandma didn't have credit cards. Grandma didn't have a computer. Grandma didn't stay up late watching QVC. Grandma's expenses never changed. It was Aunt Snake's job to monitor the accounts, and she never said anything was ever fishy or suspicious. Aunt Snake has an accounting degree after all, so who better to monitor boring financial accounts than her? Turns out? Literally anyone else.

The account being empty was a MASSIVE red flag. My parents immediately went to the bank to get statements and to remove Aunt Snake from every account. Grandma was broken hearted to learn what her youngest daughter had potentially done.

My parents got records for 4 years. They should have gotten 7 but were in a bit of denial that things could have potentially been that bad. My mom went through every single transaction and sorted what she knew was Grandma's and what wasn't.

What did she find?

All of Grandpa's money? Gone

Profit from selling Grandma's car 7 years ago? Gone. Should have been $14k

A CREDIT CARD - MAXED OUT: $22,500 (remember, Grandma never had a credit card herself)

Transactions that are undoubtedly Aunt Snakes: $55k

Zero savings from the surplus of $1000 she should have had per month for over a decade.

My question? What next? My parents were revising the trust with Grandma to say that Aunt snake got 1/3 of the estate MINUS what she stole + attorney fees (and other fees) and were going to leave it at that. They had an appointment this week to revise the trust BUT Grandma decided to peace out on the 15th of this month and join Grandpa. So. We are all broken hearted and Aunt Snake has gone into overdrive to liquidate the estate and take her money and run. I'm sure she is already spending what she thinks she is going to get.

She has expressed zero remorse, doesn't want anyone to tell her husband or her kids, and doesn't grasp the gravity of the situation.

My parents are ready to press charges but aren't sure the appropriate way to do it.

We are in Utah and the theft only goes to Felony 2 but could be enhanced with Exploitation of an elderly person (I am not sure of the terminology. Aunt Snake was in a position of trust with an elderly woman and stole a ton of money, so whatever that translates to).

What do we do? Personally, I just want to be messy and make her life a living hell, but I know that this is serious and needs handled appropriately to be rectified. At a minimum we want it on her record so people know to be leery around her and money. At a maximum? Pay back every cent and comprehend the severity of her "silly spending".

Location: Utah

Location: Florida.

Basically two weeks ago I was on a six lane road, three lanes on each side, where the speed limit is 45 MPH. I was in the lane closest to the median, which was on my left.

There was a girl on an E Scooter on the end of a median, trying to cut across the lanes. In between this median were two crosswalks/street lights, but both were so far that stopping at this area isn’t usually necessary. She rode onto upcoming traffic. I had no time to stop/swerve. I braked so hard my tires made marks, but unfortunately I hit her. My car went a bit ahead of the crash.

There was a car two lanes over. We both stopped and got out. We called 911, the girl was unconscious and taken away. He left, and there are no other credible witness statements from what I know. After deliberating with cops for over four hours I was ruled not at fault and allowed to leave. The insurance is currently having the car repaired while I’m in a rental. The girl is making a full recovery, head injuries but no bodily injuries.

On Wednesday of last week my insurance sent me a document from a lawyer this girl’s parents have hired. The lawyer was requesting info about my assets, and I told the insurance I would not fill out the form as I’m not legally required to, and that if they wanted me to, I needed a lawyer from their own dime to guide me through it, and for that matter, guide me through out the process.

The insurance is legally required to get me an attorney but they clearly have no interest in doing so because they emailed me that night saying that because the family wants more than what they covers for bodily injuries for my specific coverage, I should consider getting my own attorney.

I guess it’s worth mentioning I’m a restaurant busser and I still live at home, so I don’t really have anything to take.

Nothing has been done since and I’m so lost on what to do. If I have to get my own lawyer I want them to countersue for the damages to my car and the legal fees I’ll rack up hiring my own lawyer, because I’m being falsely sued. At the end of the day what happens to this girl is obviously terrible, but it’s entirely her fault.

So my landlord sent me a text this morning at 11am saying that "Marcos", the guy that did our flooring in the past, will be showing up today around 5/6pm and will be staying for a month because he has a job near by. I want to know if this is legal. I am renting the space with another girl and we are both in our 20s. Mind you, we pay for rent and power, so this is going to cost us two girls even more since we are having another person added into this months power expenses. This man, that we both don't know, is 40+ years old and doesn't speak any English so we aren't even able to communicate with him. I am not okay with or feel safe with having a stranger that is twice our age living with us for free with out any prior notice other than the text this morning. What can I do if anything?

Location: Colorado

Location: South Carolina. I (M24) am in the process of joining the Air Force. I started working a construction job and gave them plenty of heads up I would miss a couple days a month due to required meeting/workouts. There was no issue for about 2 months until one day my boss called me and said I was being let go. When asked the reason he said they needed someone reliable and that could be there everyday. All of this was over the phone and I never saw anything on paper. The work environment was horrible and I had thought about quitting soon anyway so I didn’t care that much. However after talking to some people that said it might be worth it to look into. This happened back in June, is this worth looking into?

Location: houston

I just graduated from school and moved from boston to houston, I’m a first-time car buyer, just got my license, with zero experience, and I need a car soon because there’s no T here like in boston. Last week I saw a listing for a 2017 Honda Civic, 80k miles, clean title, for $16k. The price looked good, so I went to see it. The seller told me the car was fine, clean title, and had only had some bodywork done. I thought “Clean Title” meant “No Accident”, so I Zelle'd him a $500 deposit.

That night I ran a Carfax report and found the car had been in 4 accidents, one of them a serious rear-end collision.

I politely messaged him and asked for my deposit back. If he wouldn't refund it, I said the price couldn't stay at $15,500, since multiple accident records will obviously hurt resale value. I think $16k is fair for the car if it’s without any accidents, but with 4 accidents it’s insane. The car had much more damage and repairs than just “bodywork done” like he said. He responded with a long, hostile rant saying he would never lower the price and would never fix anything on the car.

I said I'd file in small claims court. He then replied that he's a US Army veteran, that I should go ahead and try, and that even if I sued, the judge would believe his word over mine. And then he blocked me.

Honestly, what does his military service have to do with whether he misrepresented the car's history? I thought everyone was equal under the law. When I confronted him, he admitted he knew about the accidents. The Carfax lists only one owner, his girlfriend, but he never mentioned that there were 4 moderate accidents.

Is it worth filing in small claims court over a $500 deposit? What's the realistic chance of getting it back? I want to sue him not just for the money, also because I felt bullied

Old work location: Santa Barbara, CA

It's as the title says. As part of my continued employment, I'm required to show a copy of the old NDA to my current company. I reached out and received it, and it specifies that I cannot share any trade secrets or sensitive information, yadda, yadda.

I almost forwarded it, but there's a line that says that I cannot share "legal documents". Would the NDA not fall under that? In that case, am I not in a catch-22? I would really hate to not be able to continue my job if I'm unable to send it, especially after relocating.

Location: California
I was at a company I really liked. Strong bonuses, I worked from home, and I traveled internationally on a regular basis (which I didn’t like).

An executive I knew reached out about a role at another company. I liked their products and already had friends working there, so I was open to it.

Two things convinced me to make the move:

I would work primarily from home and come into the office only for important meetings.

I would receive a bonus of 30% of my salary.

These terms were negotiated over an email thread before I accepted. The executive who recruited me went to the CEO and got confirmation on both, and that confirmation is in the email chain to HR.

I accepted the offer based on that.

The offer letter says: “minimal travel, work primarily from home, and 30% of salary bonus.”

Since I joined, both now have recently changed. A new company policy now requires me in the office 3 days a week (at least an hour each way), and my bonus is now being set as 20% of my salary (stating “all the VPs are getting 20%”)

I'm deciding whether to stay or go back to my previous employer, and I'd like to understand my options first.

Questions:
Could this support a fraudulent inducement or promissory fraud claim in California?

Does it matter that the office requirement came from a company wide policy rather than a decision about me specifically?

Does the CEO's email confirmation carry more weight than the offer letter if the two don't match?

Is there anything I should do or avoid doing now to protect myself?

Location:

I own land in South Carolina that my mother transferred to me. The deed is in my name.

Originally, my great-uncle owned the property and allowed his stepdaughter to live there for the rest of her life. She has since passed away. My great-uncle intended for the property to go to my mother, who eventually transferred it to me.

The stepdaughter’s granddaughter is the person I’ve been communicating with about removing the mobile home on the property. I’m not sure who legally owns the trailer.

They never paid rent. My mother’s only requirement was that they pay the property taxes while living there.

I sent the granddaughter written notice to vacate by a certain date. She agreed but later requested an extension, which I granted. Now that the extended deadline has passed, the trailer is still there.

She says she cannot move it because the title is missing and there is a lien on it. She claims she has to go through probate because there is no will or trust. She apologized for the delay but has not given me a timeline for removal.

**My questions are:**

● What legal steps can I take in South Carolina to have the mobile home removed?    
● Do I need to go through Magistrates Court or contact the DMV first?    
● Is a title absolutely required to move a mobile home if the title is lost or has a lien?    
● Can I have the trailer legally removed through an abandoned or derelict mobile home process, or do I have to wait for probate?    
● Does the fact that I own the land and the original occupant has passed away affect my options?

I want to handle this legally and do not want to claim ownership of someone else’s trailer. I simply want it removed from my property.

Has anyone dealt with something similar in South Carolina? I’d appreciate advice, especially from anyone familiar with SC property law.

Thank you!

I have piece of property within a city in Montana. The city approved and allowed to be built a storm water collection basin where the over flow directly discharges onto my property and is causing significant water accumulation and runoff on my property. The city at this point is not willing to address the issue. Ive had phone conversations and site visits with the department head. His only answer is for me to have engineering done, get the design approved by the city and then have work carried out, all at my expense. I understand if this was naturally occurring drainage I would be responsible, but this is a direct result of this collection basin and discharge pipe.

Location: Montana

How should I proceed? Thank you.

Location: Vermont, US

So I just found out that my 65 year old mother is actually not as smart as I thought she was and she fell for a scam. I had told her about scams, but somehow she stupidly thought that a random man on the internet would love her so much he would send her money to "help her out". She cashed the check, and now she is in the negative for over $10,000 dollars. I literally just found this out after a week of her telling me that the bank screwed up and maybe someone at the grocery store saw her pin... Like what is actually wrong with her! It wasn't until I went in to see what was going on with my name being on her account (they have closed the accounts and are investigating the fraud), that I found out about the checks. She needs to make a police report, but she really doesn't seem to understand the gravity of this. Especially since she is still online dating, still doesn't see that this is a major issue, and says that the bank will take care of it.

My name was on the account as an authorized user, with her as the primary, so am I on the hook here too? I had my name added after she said she wanted to make it easier after she passes, but now has that screwed me too? I had nothing to do with this, but can they come after me in any way for this?

Location: Kansas. It's an old house built back in the 30's with some of the original window glass missing and some of the storm windows not attached at the bottom of the sill because the wood is rotted out.

Does she need to send a letter?

Location: NJ

Over the weekend I arranged to buy a dining room table for my sister off of fb marketplace. I corresponded with the seller, went to get it buy myself. It was in her house. I asked her if it was okay for me to come in and out to make trips to my car with the chairs, she said yes. We were getting along fine. I was trying to take the table apart, mostly unsuccessfully, so I said if have to come bavk with my sister to carry it out in one piece, she said fine.

She was in the middle of moving and she is mostly in her new space but still cleaning out the current one that I was at so she was doing whatever she was doing while I was taking the legs off the table and trying to separate it. At one point in my travels I remember that I had to pay her so I was walking into the dining room and just slapped the money down on the kitchen counter without actually entering the kitchen. In passing her on my way out with a chair I told her I left the money on the counter and she said yes I got it thank you. I came back with my sister and we struggled but we got the table out and we left.

I got to my sister's house and was putting the table together and when I was finally done I sat down with my phone and saw that she had messaged me asking me if I saw an Apple Watch when I put the money on the counter. I had not noticed one because I was really just there for one purpose. And then because I guess I didn't answer her fast enough she said it was here and now it's not I don't want to involve the police blah blah blah. I told her that I did not take it and that I didn't remember seeing it and then I hope it turned up. The following day, yesterday, she messaged me saying that a police report had been filed and all of her video surveillance have been turned over to them but then she messaged me to give me an opportunity to bring it to her, no questions asked.

I did not steal her apple watch. I don't even use an iphone. Whatever footage she has is just going to show my fat ass struggling to take this table apart and carry things in and out of the house and fit them into my little car. However, today my daughter's friend texted me to tell me that she saw a post about me on the local Town Facebook page. It was a screenshot of my profile picture saying do you know this woman she stole an Apple Watch for my sister the authorities have been contacted in video surveillance has been turned over but we just want her to return the watch. I immediately reported it to Facebook and I called my local police department and reported it. By the time the officer called me back, the post had been removed, not sure if by the sister or by fb. The officer who took my report told me that he would call her and tell her to have them cease all harassment or I would file a complaint, and would repeat that I am claiming not to have stolen the watch.

I called her town police and verified that she did in fact file a report against me, so now I guess I'm waiting to be contacted. I have reached out to a local attorney but haven't received a call back yet. What do I do if they contact me? I didn't steal the watch. It seems like it's going to be a he said/she said. She claims the watch was there before I got there and isn't there now and I was the only person in her house. I've checked my purse and my car and the table and chairs, I do not have it and I did not take it. I cannot afford an attorney. What do I do when/if they call me?

Location: Oregon. Im in Oregon and recently experienced a small pedestrian collision while driving a COMPANY vehicle. I’m extremely shaken up and looking for some general information about the possible legal consequences.
I was stopped at a red light preparing to make a right turn on red. As I began moving forward at approximately 1–2 mph while still looking left for oncoming traffic and the front of my vehicle made contact with an elderly female pedestrian near her hip, causing her to lose her balance and fall onto her buttocks.
I immediately stopped, got out, and checked on her. She was crying and understandably upset, but was responsive and able to communicate. I asked whether she was injured, whether she could walk, and whether she needed medical attention or wanted me to call someone.
She declined medical assistance and told me she thought she might just have a bruise. I helped her stand up and watched her finish crossing the street and continue walking independently.
Other motorists also stopped to check on her. I talked to one who asked what happened and I told him exactly what went down and said she seems to be ok. After she had walked away, I returned to my vehicle and left the area.
Unfortunately, I was extremely flustered and traffic was backing up. I did not exchange contact or insurance information with her, and I didn’t obtain any witness information. I also don’t know the exact intersection where this happened since I was flustered and didn’t think to look around.
I’m concerned about the legal ramifications, especially since I was driving a company vehicle.
My questions are:
Under Oregon law, could leaving without exchanging information constitute failure to perform the duties of a driver, even though I stopped, assisted her, and waited until she walked away?
Does the pedestrian declining medical assistance have any legal significance?
Could I personally face legal consequences, or would a potential injury claim generally be handled through my employer’s vehicle insurance?
What steps are required to properly report an incident like this when the pedestrian’s identity and exact location are unknown?
Is there anything I SHOULD do asap? I think there’s a low chance she reports me as she didn’t seem to have any intention but there’s still that small chance and I didn’t think to exchange info due to how scared I was in the moment and now she’s gone.